tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post2958068290786928041..comments2024-03-28T19:27:59.772+00:00Comments on A K Haart: Poor Miss FinchA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-45847620316139384632012-07-16T19:40:08.409+01:002012-07-16T19:40:08.409+01:00James - I'm not really sure what Collins inten...James - I'm not really sure what Collins intended with this. There is no suggestion that Oscar looked like a black person - just weird.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-1451820418143164832012-07-16T18:52:23.790+01:002012-07-16T18:52:23.790+01:00Actually it would be more likely to poison him, bu...Actually it would be more likely to poison him, but Collins seems not to have known that. <br /><br />Well, we must have the regulation [near] black person, mustn't we?James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-51541606236564677252012-07-16T11:46:58.994+01:002012-07-16T11:46:58.994+01:00Sam - Lucilla went blind at the age of one because...Sam - Lucilla went blind at the age of one because of childhood cateracts, but was sensitive to light and dark.<br /><br />Maybe the anosmic girl could be a ghost? Or maybe she just works at a sewage works then gets another job? But because she loves him, she goes back to the sewage works.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-67558147653161416762012-07-16T10:40:13.447+01:002012-07-16T10:40:13.447+01:00Hang on a minute!
Blind Lucilla has a horror of d...Hang on a minute!<br /><br />Blind Lucilla has a horror of dark colours?<br /><br />I take it she once had sight.<br /><br />Actually, there is an opportunity for a better novel here, AKH, and you ought to start today. What about a young anosmic girl who falls in love with the good-looking chap with foul B.O. and halitosis? All remark on the suitability of their match until the good Herr Grosse turns up...Sam Vegahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05978971199859845931noreply@blogger.com